Evidence of a planktonic food web response to changes in nutrient input dynamics in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon, Spain

• Published in: Hydrobiologia Vol. 475-476; no. 1; pp. 359 - 369
• Main Authors: Pérez-Ruzafa, A., Gilabert, J., Gutiérrez, J.M., Fernández, A.I., Marcos, C., Sabah, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.05.2002
• Subjects: Ecology; Eutrophication; Lagoons; Larvae; Marine; Nutrient dynamics; Phytoplankton; Summer; Zooplankton

Planktonic community changes in response to shifting agricultural practices around the Mar Menor coastal lagoon, southeast Spain, were studied between 1988-97. In the last 10 yr, dry crop farming has given way to intensively irrigated crops, with irrigation water diversion leading to phreatic level...